Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. During the month of February, the ESAO Management team has made a prospecting trip to learn more about the olive oil market in Greece. The trip has covered the areas of Peloponnese and Crete which together...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Professionals from the ESAO Admissions Department, the Olive Oil School of Spain, as well as the tutors from the ESAO Online Campus participate in Expoliva this year. The Expoliva International Fair takes...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The quality of extra virgin olive oil begins in the field. The selection of the best plot in the olive grove, the optimum moment to harvest the olive and the limiting factors of the olive grove will...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. When we talk about virgin olive oil tastings we have to differentiate the type of tasting we have decided to attend since depending on the importance and the rigor with which it is carried out, we have to...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Training in olive oil tasting follows a continuous upward trend. The awareness and global trend towards healthy products, added to the rise of the Mediterranean diet, has made extra virgin olive oil part of...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. First of all, we are going to differentiate a virgin olive oil tasting from a virgin olive oil tasting course. An olive oil tasting is an activity and specific experience, where depending on the type of...

The tasting panel is the necessary instrument to carry out a sensory analysis of virgin olive oil. What does a tasting panel consist of? It is a minimum group of 8 people. These people have been previously selected for their special interest in tasting. These people are trained...

The International Olive Oil Council (IOC) recognizes laboratories that prove to be suitable for physicochemical evaluations of virgin olive oil. This is an important recognition for laboratories and a guarantee for anyone who wants to know the physicochemical quality of a virgin...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. When we try to establish the requirements to export olive oil, we could fill 300 sheets with the amount of information necessary to export olive oil. From the necessary documents, list of operators,...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. We are in the middle of the olive campaign and the oil mills are starting to work. In the first place, it has been costly to determine the specific date, day and time of olive harvest since you have to be...